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Burnt mound

Glebe (Killybegs ED), County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Glebe, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Glebe (Killybegs ED)
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.62737, -8.44456
SMR number
DG097-015009-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This fulacht fia was exposed in the north-facing section of a drainage channel during archaeological testing in advance of a proposed development on the SE side of Killybegs town. It was subsequently excavated (01E0065). It consisted of a mound (L 16m long; D 0.52m) of burnt stone enclosing a central timber trough (Wth 1m wide; D c. 0.25m), which had been greatly damaged by the digging of the later drainage channel. The upper layer of the mound consisted of angular fragmented stones in charcoal-enriched, black sandy clay. A thin lens of dark sticky clay intervened between this layer and a lower layer of small angular stones with charcoal fragments and moderate ash content in yellow/brown sandy clay. This lower layer filled the timber trough. The base of the trough was lined with unworked lengths of wood. The mound overlay a layer of natural marl.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 12 June 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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